Criss-cross Hanger

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red dot award: design concept 2008

design:

Bum Joon Lee

Criss-cross Hanger is scissor-like clothes hanger whose arms can be collapsed and spread out to avoid damaging the necklines of clothes.

Criss-cross Hanger is comprised of two arms that are interconnected and can be interlocked like scissors. When the two arms are overlapped (or closed), they form a baton shape making it easy for the hanger to be inserted through the neck of a shirt. This avoids stretching the collar or struggling to get the hanger through the bottom of the clothes. When the arms of the hanger are opened and spread out, a latch on the upper part of the arms interlocks to keep the hanger intact. Rubber pads on the arms prevent the clothing from slipping off the hanger. The cross-like rubber pad shape symbolises the concept of the Criss-cross Hanger.

Most people use hangers to organise their wardrobes and keep their clothes in good shape. Unfortunately, existing hangers often fail to serve that purpose; they end up destroying the shape of the clothes because of their fixed triangular-shape. Existing hangers can be difficult to use without damaging the neckline of clothes. Criss-cross Hanger resolves these shortcomings.